Signals the end of summer

PTH2009

What signals the end of summer for you??

Mine is when the premiership soccer starts ??. Little interest in it myself

antodeco

March 1985

Banjoxed

Back to school ads on the television.

Even now the fukking things give me the Glenroe Shakes.

branie2

Leaves falling on the ground

Buona Fortuna

The rain.

Then the wind.

Then wind and rain.

But mostly rain.

Menas

Student accommodation shortages stories in the media. Summer last till late september for me!

Ruu

No more BBQ adverts, replaced with back to school. Get your school uniforms here in shop windows.

retro:electro

What is this summer you speak of?

tomwaterford

Sight of combine harvesters in the fields cutting corn?? in the fields

juneg

My hubby stacking a load of firewood in the shed today

HeidiHeidi

Banjoxed wrote: »

Back to school ads on the television.

Even now the fukking things give me the Glenroe Shakes.

They started about a week after schools finished :eek:

Lights going on before about 8pm for me.

mackeire

Walking down the road and having nipples that would cut glass from the cold!

One eyed Jack

We finally start getting some sunshine in late August / September!

Oh, and the morning traffic jams as parents tear around the town to get their kids to school, all traffic laws are completely abandoned as they all try to park as close to the classroom door as possible for fear of their kids getting any exercise.

fancy pigeon

Knowing the next bank holiday is in October

Heroditas

When i was a kid: Tramore Races closely followed by the Rose of Tralee!

ToddyDoody

When the junior cert results are out, it's end game till the Summer exams next year.

Smidge

ToddyDoody wrote: »

When the junior cert results are out, it's end game till the Summer exams next year.

When are the junior results back?

ToddyDoody

Smidge wrote: »

When are the junior results back?

15th of September or so.

Stinicker

When the Sam Maguire is safely brought home to his rightful home in the Kingdom on the third weekend of September with a lap of honour around the Ploughing Championships thereafter. Basically on the 21st of September when the days and nights reach equal length again and the darkness starts to close in for another 6 months of misery.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

When I have to put on the heating, so any time during October usually.

ToddyDoody

Stinicker wrote: »

when the days and nights reach equal length again and the darkness starts to close in for another 6 months of misery.

Nothing like a bit of good auld misery

HeidiHeidi

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

When I have to put on the heating, so any time during October usually.

I was sorely tempted the other day :eek:

Only I have no fuel (note to self), the stove would surely have been lit.

The Backwards Man

Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach

fleet_admiral

juneg wrote: »

My hubby stacking a load of firewood in the shed today

I ordered a couple hundred worth of logs today too

For me, its when my brain goes into saving and planning mode for xmas which automatically happens every August

KungPao

When Tubs is back on duty on Friday nights.

Spanish Eyes

Penneys have their Autumn/Winter collection in. So the Summer must be over.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Christmas lights going up Usually does it for me.

PTH2009

PTH2009 wrote: »

What signals the end of summer for you??

1 August, the feast of Lúnasa.

Lia_lia

When the giant spiders come out :pac:

vicwatson

PTH2009 wrote: »

What signals the end of summer for you??

Mine is when the premiership soccer starts ??. Little interest in it myself

You like Scottish football then?

Hammer89

When it's so cold that I develop a vagina of sorts.

hatrickpatrick

Halloween. The last couple of years have involved Indian Summer scenarios in which September / early October have brought some of the sunniest, warmest days of summer.

PTH2009

vicwatson wrote: »

You like Scottish football then?

More of an international soccer fan myself

jester77

when it goes below mid-20s

4068ac1elhodqr

Reading that it was the coldest July in 20 years. Global warming (green-tax-fest) is it?

The King of Moo

Heidi Uneven Kite wrote: »

Reading that it was the coldest July in 20 years. Global warming (green-tax-fest) is it?

Climate change.

macnug

Summer ended in June this year as far as I'm concerned. Even if we get an indian summer in September, it wont be the same with the kids back in school.

cml387

Listowel races.
I have no interest whatsoever in horse racing but this seems to stand out.

RayM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Climate change.

Mmmm... so they say ('they' being 97% of the world's climate scientists, but what would they know?)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It needs a start and a middle before it has an end.

monflat

The sh*te that happens mid august called the rose of tralee

Banjoxed

monflat wrote: »

The sh*te that happens mid august called the rose of tralee

Oh crap. That's when the summer is truly dead and buried.

syklops

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Knowing the next bank holiday is in October

So, now then?

PTH2009

PTH2009 wrote: »

What signals the end of summer for you??

Mine is when the premiership soccer starts ??. Little interest in it myself

When I need 1 shower and not 2 after my morning run.

Aineoil

Banjoxed wrote: »

Oh crap. That's when the summer is truly dead and buried.

I agree, you know the summer is totally over when the Rose of Tralee is being advertised.

The Aga Khan being advertised is another event when you know autumn looms.

The weather in July has been bad in the west of Ireland this year.

Tonight, 3rd of August is just dismal - rain, loads of rain and it was dark at half nine, quarter to ten.

Jesus Wept

August 31st

4068ac1elhodqr

31st Aug sounds about right with perhaps a few days of good blue sky in the meantime.

Passive solar reflectors could be the answer to brighten up any dull areas or north facing houses, even on overcast days.

Norway sent sunlight into a valley for the 1st time using this

This guy uses 'convex' (requires little or no sun tracking) panels to brighten up the North side of his house during daylight hours with this

Care would need to be taken with parabolic solar 'concave' concentrators like this as they will focus intense light rather than disperse it, will boil water no problem.



In summary, install/float an array of off-shore reflectors (instead of wind farms) along the North-West coast. No running costs and better crop yields, bonus! It be just like Jamaica.